Moore was 45 when Live and Let Die premiered. Part of the problem also stemmed from Moore's age he was simply too old for the part during most of his career. At that point Burt Reynolds could've been playing the role. By his second film ( Man with the Golden Gun, 1974) pubescent girls were "upstaging" him in a karate scene. Except that Moore being himself, as it turned out, was little more than a dandy in a tux. It sounds like the kind of genuine, supportive advice you should give any artist. But director Guy Hamilton (who also pushed the franchise in the wrong direction) soon told Moore to stop imitating Connery and just be himself.
That's because he was still cowed by the towering shadow of Sean Connery, so he played it straight. Moore's first turn as Bond ( Live and Let Die, 1973) was actually quite good. Roger Moore's James Bond movies were just bad. The Avengers and Charlie's Angels are camp. Revisionists now praising Moore celebrate the supposed "camp" of his films. He helped drive the franchise into a ditch of silly gadgets and bad puns.
He is the first important Bond to pass (sorry David Niven!), so predictably heated arguments ensued: Where does Moore rank in the canon of Bond actors? Vic Flick continues his legacy to this day, by still creating and composing music for a new generation of fans of all ages across the globe.Roger Moore died last week at the age of 89. He brings in his 1961 Fender Stratocaster guitar to shop owner Rick Harrison, who after consulting Jesse Amoroso, settles on a price of $55,000 for the guitar. He also was interviewed on stage by Jon Burlingame, a writer on the subject of music for film and television.įlick appeared on an episode of The History Channel show Pawn Stars titled “No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service”.
On October 5, 2012, Vic Flick was honored at the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences for “The Music of Bond: The First 50 Years.” He played the “James Bond Theme” on his 1939 Clifford Essex Paragon De Luxe “James Bond” Guitar to a live audience. In 2008 his autobiography, Vic Flick Guitarman: From James Bond to The Beatles and Beyond (ISBN 978-1593933081), was published by Bearmanor Media. In 2005, he provided his guitar talents to the soundtrack of the From Russia With Love video game by Electronic Arts. In 2003, he recorded the album James Bond Now, featuring tracks from James Bond soundtracks and new compositions. In 1999, he worked with composer Nic Raine, backed by the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, on the James Bond tribute album titled Bond Back in Action. One of Flick’s legendary guitars, a Clifford Essex Paragon De Luxe, on which he played the original “James Bond Theme”, was displayed at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio.įlick also collaborated with Merchant Ivory Productions as composer/music arranger for Autobiography of a Princess (1975), The Europeans (1979), Quartet (1981), Heat and Dust (1983). He has worked with many notable artists, including Tom Jones, Cliff Richard, Eric Clapton, and Jimmy Page. Flick was a member of the George Martin Orchestra, playing on the soundtrack of the film A Hard Day’s Night. Flick continued to contribute to the James Bond soundtracks from the 1960s through the late 1980s.Īpart from his early 1960s work as the lead guitarist in The John Barry Seven, Flick was a session player, featured on many early 1960s UK pop records. No soundtrack, he was lead guitarist on the track, the “James Bond Theme”. As a member of The John Barry Seven, he appeared on every episode of BBC TV’s Drumbeat.
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He also played the guitar riff for the theme of the popular TV show Juke Box Jury. In the late 1950s, Flick joined The John Barry Seven, and his first composition for the group was the track Zapata. Location Born: Worcester Park, United KingdomĮnglish guitarist, most famous for playing the guitar riff in the “James Bond Theme”. Known For: Most famous for playing the guitar riff in the “James Bond Theme”.
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